🇷🇺President Vladimir #Putin at the Plenary session of the 26th St Petersburg International Economic Forum (#SPIEF2023):
💬We kept responsible and balanced fiscal and monetary policies in place. This effective combination made it possible for us to maintain minimal unemployment and inflation, which is lower in Russia than in many Western countries, both in the eurozone and other regions. It is close to the historical low – 2.9 percent. Unemployment stands at 3.3 percent which is the lowest in our history.
❗️Importantly, a stable macroeconomic situation has become our competitive advantage and an effective factor behind growth.
Read in full👉 http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/71445
💬We kept responsible and balanced fiscal and monetary policies in place. This effective combination made it possible for us to maintain minimal unemployment and inflation, which is lower in Russia than in many Western countries, both in the eurozone and other regions. It is close to the historical low – 2.9 percent. Unemployment stands at 3.3 percent which is the lowest in our history.
❗️Importantly, a stable macroeconomic situation has become our competitive advantage and an effective factor behind growth.
Read in full👉 http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/71445
Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, St Petersburg, June 15, 2023
Read in full: https://mid.ru/ru/press_service/spokesman/briefings/1888025/?lang=en
"As a result of the destruction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant due to prolonged shelling by the Ukrainian armed forces, 36 settlements in Kherson Region were flooded. I will not detail it all now, as it is published on the information resources of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A whole chronology of the shelling of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant by the Ukrainian armed forces was put together especially for those who say that this never happened and no Ukrainian forces, fighters or battalions have touched the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant. We published a chronology-calendar of the shelling along with the weapons used to do it, for those who like to turn away from the facts. But now we will “surround” them with these facts and there will be nowhere to turn. A large-scale humanitarian operation has been taking place in this Russian region over the last few days. Russian Emergencies Ministry workers rescued almost 2,000 people, among them hundreds of children. This is to do with all sorts of contrived tribunals and non-existent warrants issued, which allegedly represent the Kiev regime’s claims against our country that we are not taking care of children or, on the contrary, are violating their rights. Have you seen pictures of what happened after the flooding of the territory, caused by the destruction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant? Did those who did this think about children? There are children there. And there are a lot of them. They were not given any time to prepare for such a development. What about the ICC or its prosecutors, when under their noses the tragedy of people escaping from the Kiev regime is unfolding, the regime that is systematically destroying civilian infrastructure year after year. There was no control over it until Russia moved into an active phase of action in February 2022.
I would like to draw your attention to the fact that just as the Kiev regime systematically shelled the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant (we published a step-by-step calendar of their crimes), year after year they destroyed civilian infrastructure in the territories under their control, in Crimea and on the approaches to it. Weren’t there attempts to blow up and mine power lines? There were. The Western community paid no attention to this, turned away. Cutting off waterways that supply Crimea is not destroying or blocking vital civilian infrastructure? Remember how they blocked the railway lines that led to Donbass and were supposed to provide supplies of everything there? Wasn’t that what happened? This is the same thing. Then the active phase began. It can no longer be called sabotage. This is extremism and pure terrorism. Over 6,000 people have been evacuated. This data is constantly being updated. I’m talking about the statistics for the last two or three days, but this data will continue to be updated. About 75 tonnes of food and 30 tonnes of bottled water have been delivered to the flooded area. Is this just what Russia is doing now, saving people? Of course not. All these years, humanitarian convoys have been going to Donbass. Let me remind you how western journalists, including The Guardian, wrote of the photos of these trucks covered with white film, that it was the transfer of tanks to the territory of Donbass. These were the first steps, the first trucks in convoys carrying humanitarian supplies, which then stretched out over the years. So much was brought there to support the civilian population, including children. Who in the international community thought about the children of Donbass then? No one ever did. They have now made up the whole story about writing some fake paper and calling it “taking care of the children”. In Novaya Kakhovka over 50,000 cubic metres of water have been pumped out of buildings and infrastructure facilities. People are beginning to return to their homes."
Read in full: https://mid.ru/ru/press_service/spokesman/briefings/1888025/?lang=en
"As a result of the destruction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant due to prolonged shelling by the Ukrainian armed forces, 36 settlements in Kherson Region were flooded. I will not detail it all now, as it is published on the information resources of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A whole chronology of the shelling of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant by the Ukrainian armed forces was put together especially for those who say that this never happened and no Ukrainian forces, fighters or battalions have touched the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant. We published a chronology-calendar of the shelling along with the weapons used to do it, for those who like to turn away from the facts. But now we will “surround” them with these facts and there will be nowhere to turn. A large-scale humanitarian operation has been taking place in this Russian region over the last few days. Russian Emergencies Ministry workers rescued almost 2,000 people, among them hundreds of children. This is to do with all sorts of contrived tribunals and non-existent warrants issued, which allegedly represent the Kiev regime’s claims against our country that we are not taking care of children or, on the contrary, are violating their rights. Have you seen pictures of what happened after the flooding of the territory, caused by the destruction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant? Did those who did this think about children? There are children there. And there are a lot of them. They were not given any time to prepare for such a development. What about the ICC or its prosecutors, when under their noses the tragedy of people escaping from the Kiev regime is unfolding, the regime that is systematically destroying civilian infrastructure year after year. There was no control over it until Russia moved into an active phase of action in February 2022.
I would like to draw your attention to the fact that just as the Kiev regime systematically shelled the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant (we published a step-by-step calendar of their crimes), year after year they destroyed civilian infrastructure in the territories under their control, in Crimea and on the approaches to it. Weren’t there attempts to blow up and mine power lines? There were. The Western community paid no attention to this, turned away. Cutting off waterways that supply Crimea is not destroying or blocking vital civilian infrastructure? Remember how they blocked the railway lines that led to Donbass and were supposed to provide supplies of everything there? Wasn’t that what happened? This is the same thing. Then the active phase began. It can no longer be called sabotage. This is extremism and pure terrorism. Over 6,000 people have been evacuated. This data is constantly being updated. I’m talking about the statistics for the last two or three days, but this data will continue to be updated. About 75 tonnes of food and 30 tonnes of bottled water have been delivered to the flooded area. Is this just what Russia is doing now, saving people? Of course not. All these years, humanitarian convoys have been going to Donbass. Let me remind you how western journalists, including The Guardian, wrote of the photos of these trucks covered with white film, that it was the transfer of tanks to the territory of Donbass. These were the first steps, the first trucks in convoys carrying humanitarian supplies, which then stretched out over the years. So much was brought there to support the civilian population, including children. Who in the international community thought about the children of Donbass then? No one ever did. They have now made up the whole story about writing some fake paper and calling it “taking care of the children”. In Novaya Kakhovka over 50,000 cubic metres of water have been pumped out of buildings and infrastructure facilities. People are beginning to return to their homes."
🤝 President Vladimir Putin received heads of delegations of African states in the Constantine Palace in St. Petersburg
💬 Vladimir Putin: Comprehensive development of ties with African countries is a priority of Russian foreign policy.
We have consistently stood for further consolidating the traditionally friendly relations with African countries and the primary regional association – the African Union – based on principles of equality, mutual respect and non-interference in internal affairs.
Comprehensive preparations are underway for a milestone event – the second #RussiaAfrica summit to be held soon here, in St Petersburg.
🌍 Russia has the utmost respect for the principled position of African states in favour of maintaining global and regional stability and security, peaceful settlement of conflicts, and establishing a more just model of international relations
We welcome the balanced approach of our African friends towards the Ukrainian crisis.
☝️ Friends, we appreciate your interest in seeking ways to resolve the conflict. We immediately accepted your proposal to hold talks regarding the situation around Ukraine.
🔗 Read in full: https://is.gd/aUn9PT
#RussiaAfrica
💬 Vladimir Putin: Comprehensive development of ties with African countries is a priority of Russian foreign policy.
We have consistently stood for further consolidating the traditionally friendly relations with African countries and the primary regional association – the African Union – based on principles of equality, mutual respect and non-interference in internal affairs.
Comprehensive preparations are underway for a milestone event – the second #RussiaAfrica summit to be held soon here, in St Petersburg.
🌍 Russia has the utmost respect for the principled position of African states in favour of maintaining global and regional stability and security, peaceful settlement of conflicts, and establishing a more just model of international relations
We welcome the balanced approach of our African friends towards the Ukrainian crisis.
☝️ Friends, we appreciate your interest in seeking ways to resolve the conflict. We immediately accepted your proposal to hold talks regarding the situation around Ukraine.
🔗 Read in full: https://is.gd/aUn9PT
#RussiaAfrica
President of Russia
Meeting with heads of delegations of African states
Vladimir Putin received heads of delegations of African states in the Constantine Palace.
🎙 Excerpts from President Vladimir Putin's remarks in the plenary session of the 26th St Petersburg International Economic Forum.
• This proves yet again that common sense, business initiative and objective market forces outweigh politics. This also demonstrates that this ugly and de-facto neo-colonial international system no longer works, while the multipolar world order is, on the contrary, becoming stronger. This is an inevitable process.
• In today’s world it is hard to make other countries mindlessly tow to somebody’s interests; it is practically impossible sometimes. Those who do it should finally realise that it is counterproductive not only for the global economy, which is hard to perceive at one glance; it is unacceptable for millions of people. Unacceptable.
• And the current situation, the current crisis in Ukraine is beneficial for them. It is a pretext to conceal their economic mistakes both in energy and finance. They have driven the situation to an inflation spike. Why? Because they were flooding their economy with trillions of dollars
• Now they are considering supplies of aircraft [NATO's to Ukraine]. But if they are located at air bases outside Ukraine and are used in hostilities, we will have to think about how and where we can hit the resources that are used against us in the hostilities. There is a serious danger of NATO’s further involvement in this armed conflict.
• Nuclear weapons are created to ensure our security, in the broadest sense of the word, and the existence of the Russian state. First, we see no need to use it; and second, considering this, even as a possibility, factors into lowering the threshold for the use of such weapons. This is my first point. The second point is that we have more such nuclear weapons than NATO countries. They know about it and never stop trying to persuade us to start nuclear reduction talks.
Read in full: https://is.gd/rKCq8t
• This proves yet again that common sense, business initiative and objective market forces outweigh politics. This also demonstrates that this ugly and de-facto neo-colonial international system no longer works, while the multipolar world order is, on the contrary, becoming stronger. This is an inevitable process.
• In today’s world it is hard to make other countries mindlessly tow to somebody’s interests; it is practically impossible sometimes. Those who do it should finally realise that it is counterproductive not only for the global economy, which is hard to perceive at one glance; it is unacceptable for millions of people. Unacceptable.
• And the current situation, the current crisis in Ukraine is beneficial for them. It is a pretext to conceal their economic mistakes both in energy and finance. They have driven the situation to an inflation spike. Why? Because they were flooding their economy with trillions of dollars
• Now they are considering supplies of aircraft [NATO's to Ukraine]. But if they are located at air bases outside Ukraine and are used in hostilities, we will have to think about how and where we can hit the resources that are used against us in the hostilities. There is a serious danger of NATO’s further involvement in this armed conflict.
• Nuclear weapons are created to ensure our security, in the broadest sense of the word, and the existence of the Russian state. First, we see no need to use it; and second, considering this, even as a possibility, factors into lowering the threshold for the use of such weapons. This is my first point. The second point is that we have more such nuclear weapons than NATO countries. They know about it and never stop trying to persuade us to start nuclear reduction talks.
Read in full: https://is.gd/rKCq8t
President of Russia
Plenary session of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum
Vladimir Putin took part in the plenary session of the 26th St Petersburg International Economic Forum.
🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov’s answer to a question from NTV on the sidelines of the 26th St Petersburg International Economic Forum, St Petersburg, June 16, 2023
❓ Question: You have said that the Ukrainian part of the “grain deal” has turned into a commercial project. What does Russia think about the possibility of its extension? Are there any signs that our position will be taken into account?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: Why should we extend an unviable deal? The part of the package regarding Russian fertilisers and foods, proposed by UN Secretary-General Antonio #Guterres, is not being implemented. Only the Ukrainian part is being implemented, but only as a commercial deal rather than for the purpose mentioned by Guterres, which is to satisfy the needs of the poorest countries.
👉Less than 3 percent of the total volume dispatched by #Ukraine under the #grain part of the initiative were delivered to the poorest developing countries on the special list of the UN World Food Programme.
As for our part of the package deal, the explosion of the Togliatti-Odessa ammonia pipeline alone has shown that some people would like to destroy the package and everything else that created conditions for expanding our trade and the delivery of Russian products to developing countries, and to keep only the commercial segment of the Ukrainian part of the package.
When the special military operation began, about 300,000 tonnes of #fertilisers were seized in EU ports. President Vladimir #Putin said in August 2022 that we would deliver these fertilisers to developing countries free of charge. It took six months to send a small batch to an African country, Malawi. Several months later, similar small batches were sent to Kenya and Nigeria. The West is not willing to lift the barriers it itself has created to the delivery of Russian fertilisers to the poor countries of the Global South. Let them do their business.
Ukraine and the EU have established “solidarity lanes,” which are a combination of land and river routes. Many European countries are angry about cheap and low-quality Ukrainian grain that does not meet sanitary requirements. Five countries have refused to accept it and demand compensation from the European Commission. If they have more than they need, they can send the surplus to Africa and other countries that need it, including as fodder for their cattle.
Ukraine is mostly exporting fodder grain, which is different from Russian deliveries where wheat makes up the bulk. Well, they can continue to do it, to take care of their profits.
For the past months when the Russian part of the “grain deal” was blocked, we continued to deliver grain to developing countries via other routes, which are not obstructed by Western barriers. We will continue to do this. There is no doubt about that. We will deliver for free the same amount Ukraine has sent to the poorest countries over nearly a year since the signing of the deal, or even more. This is what President Putin has said.
🔗 https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1888498/
#GrainDeal #SPIEF2023
❓ Question: You have said that the Ukrainian part of the “grain deal” has turned into a commercial project. What does Russia think about the possibility of its extension? Are there any signs that our position will be taken into account?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: Why should we extend an unviable deal? The part of the package regarding Russian fertilisers and foods, proposed by UN Secretary-General Antonio #Guterres, is not being implemented. Only the Ukrainian part is being implemented, but only as a commercial deal rather than for the purpose mentioned by Guterres, which is to satisfy the needs of the poorest countries.
👉Less than 3 percent of the total volume dispatched by #Ukraine under the #grain part of the initiative were delivered to the poorest developing countries on the special list of the UN World Food Programme.
As for our part of the package deal, the explosion of the Togliatti-Odessa ammonia pipeline alone has shown that some people would like to destroy the package and everything else that created conditions for expanding our trade and the delivery of Russian products to developing countries, and to keep only the commercial segment of the Ukrainian part of the package.
When the special military operation began, about 300,000 tonnes of #fertilisers were seized in EU ports. President Vladimir #Putin said in August 2022 that we would deliver these fertilisers to developing countries free of charge. It took six months to send a small batch to an African country, Malawi. Several months later, similar small batches were sent to Kenya and Nigeria. The West is not willing to lift the barriers it itself has created to the delivery of Russian fertilisers to the poor countries of the Global South. Let them do their business.
Ukraine and the EU have established “solidarity lanes,” which are a combination of land and river routes. Many European countries are angry about cheap and low-quality Ukrainian grain that does not meet sanitary requirements. Five countries have refused to accept it and demand compensation from the European Commission. If they have more than they need, they can send the surplus to Africa and other countries that need it, including as fodder for their cattle.
Ukraine is mostly exporting fodder grain, which is different from Russian deliveries where wheat makes up the bulk. Well, they can continue to do it, to take care of their profits.
For the past months when the Russian part of the “grain deal” was blocked, we continued to deliver grain to developing countries via other routes, which are not obstructed by Western barriers. We will continue to do this. There is no doubt about that. We will deliver for free the same amount Ukraine has sent to the poorest countries over nearly a year since the signing of the deal, or even more. This is what President Putin has said.
🔗 https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1888498/
#GrainDeal #SPIEF2023
🇷🇺President Vladimir #Putin at the Plenary session of the 26th St Petersburg International Economic Forum (#SPIEF2023):
💬We kept responsible and balanced fiscal and monetary policies in place. This effective combination made it possible for us to maintain minimal unemployment and inflation, which is lower in Russia than in many Western countries, both in the eurozone and other regions. It is close to the historical low – 2.9 percent. Unemployment stands at 3.3 percent which is the lowest in our history.
❗️Importantly, a stable macroeconomic situation has become our competitive advantage and an effective factor behind growth.
Read in full👉 http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/71445
💬We kept responsible and balanced fiscal and monetary policies in place. This effective combination made it possible for us to maintain minimal unemployment and inflation, which is lower in Russia than in many Western countries, both in the eurozone and other regions. It is close to the historical low – 2.9 percent. Unemployment stands at 3.3 percent which is the lowest in our history.
❗️Importantly, a stable macroeconomic situation has become our competitive advantage and an effective factor behind growth.
Read in full👉 http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/71445
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Statement of H.E. Nikolay Kudashev, Russian Ambassador to Singapore, on the destruction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant by the Ukrainian armed forces
#KakhovkaDam #KakhovkaHPP
#KakhovkaDam #KakhovkaHPP
Forwarded from МИД России 🇷🇺
🎼 С 19 июня по 1 июля в Москве и Санкт-Петербурге будет проходить XVII Международный конкурс имени П.И.Чайковского.
На участие в нём подано 742 заявки из 41 страны мира. В числе номинаций – «фортепиано», «скрипка», «виолончель», «сольное пение», «деревянные духовые инструменты» и «медные духовые инструменты».
Конкурс является национальным достоянием отечественной музыкальной культуры. Он имеет непрерывную историю и проводится один раз в четыре года.
За годы своего существования конкурс, которому в этом году исполняется 65 лет, стал одним из наиболее масштабных и авторитетных музыкальных состязаний в мире.
📺 Торжественные церемонии открытия и закрытия, а также выступления в рамках программы будут транслироваться на официальной странице конкурса "ВКонтакте".
На участие в нём подано 742 заявки из 41 страны мира. В числе номинаций – «фортепиано», «скрипка», «виолончель», «сольное пение», «деревянные духовые инструменты» и «медные духовые инструменты».
Конкурс является национальным достоянием отечественной музыкальной культуры. Он имеет непрерывную историю и проводится один раз в четыре года.
За годы своего существования конкурс, которому в этом году исполняется 65 лет, стал одним из наиболее масштабных и авторитетных музыкальных состязаний в мире.
📺 Торжественные церемонии открытия и закрытия, а также выступления в рамках программы будут транслироваться на официальной странице конкурса "ВКонтакте".
Forwarded from Russian MFA 🇷🇺
🏅 The XVII International Tchaikovsky Competition, one of the most prestigious contests of classical music in the world and the oldest in Russia, is to take place on June 19 – July 1, 2023. The event is organized with the support of the Government of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.
☝️ The main purpose of the Competition is to reveal new talent. First held more than 50 years ago, the contest has spawned a great number of prominent pianists, violinists, cellists, singers etc. Van Cliburn, Denis Matsuev, Gidon Kremer, Mario Brunello and many other renowned musicians gained worldwide recognition with the help of Tchaikovsky Competition.
🎶 The XVII International Tchaikovsky Competition invites musicians from 16 to 32 years old to participate, show their talent and gain worldwide recognition. Traditionally the event includes 6 nominations with their own jury chairman: "piano", "violin", "cello", "solo singing", "woodwind instruments" and "brass instruments".
👉 Applications are accepted until April 16. The participation is free.
☝️ The main purpose of the Competition is to reveal new talent. First held more than 50 years ago, the contest has spawned a great number of prominent pianists, violinists, cellists, singers etc. Van Cliburn, Denis Matsuev, Gidon Kremer, Mario Brunello and many other renowned musicians gained worldwide recognition with the help of Tchaikovsky Competition.
🎶 The XVII International Tchaikovsky Competition invites musicians from 16 to 32 years old to participate, show their talent and gain worldwide recognition. Traditionally the event includes 6 nominations with their own jury chairman: "piano", "violin", "cello", "solo singing", "woodwind instruments" and "brass instruments".
👉 Applications are accepted until April 16. The participation is free.
🎙President of Russia Vladimir #Putin on talks with #Ukraine:
💬Not we, but the Ukrainian leadership announced it would not hold any talks. Moreover, the current Ukrainian President signed the corresponding decree prohibiting any talks. This is why I understand your concerns, share them, and of course we are ready to consider any of your proposals. But we never rejected talks – it was the Ukrainian side, they even published a decree.
❓What do they want from us?
🔗https://is.gd/Uyr4YY
💬Not we, but the Ukrainian leadership announced it would not hold any talks. Moreover, the current Ukrainian President signed the corresponding decree prohibiting any talks. This is why I understand your concerns, share them, and of course we are ready to consider any of your proposals. But we never rejected talks – it was the Ukrainian side, they even published a decree.
❓What do they want from us?
🔗https://is.gd/Uyr4YY
President of Russia
Meeting with heads of delegations of African states
Vladimir Putin received heads of delegations of African states in the Constantine Palace.
🎙 Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, 15 June 2023 (excerpts)
🔹#Ukraine
As a result of the destruction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant due to prolonged shelling by the Ukrainian armed forces, 36 settlements in Kherson Region were flooded.
A large-scale humanitarian operation has been taking place in this Russian region over the last few days. Russian Emergencies Ministry workers rescued almost 2,000 people, among them hundreds of children.
While Russia is making every effort to save the residents of the affected areas and to provide them with essential supplies, Kiev continues to target civilian sites.
🔹#NuclearDeterrence
Russia is fully committed to the principle of the inadmissibility of a nuclear war. There can be no winners in such a war, and it must never be waged.
The hypothetical use of nuclear weapons is only possible under extraordinary circumstances for purely defensive purposes.
Read in full👉https://is.gd/WvyHTE
🔹#Ukraine
As a result of the destruction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant due to prolonged shelling by the Ukrainian armed forces, 36 settlements in Kherson Region were flooded.
A large-scale humanitarian operation has been taking place in this Russian region over the last few days. Russian Emergencies Ministry workers rescued almost 2,000 people, among them hundreds of children.
While Russia is making every effort to save the residents of the affected areas and to provide them with essential supplies, Kiev continues to target civilian sites.
🔹#NuclearDeterrence
Russia is fully committed to the principle of the inadmissibility of a nuclear war. There can be no winners in such a war, and it must never be waged.
The hypothetical use of nuclear weapons is only possible under extraordinary circumstances for purely defensive purposes.
Read in full👉https://is.gd/WvyHTE
⚡️ Briefing by Chief of Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Protection Troops General Lieutenant Igor Kirillov on US military-biological activity
▪️ On US Walter Reed Army Institute of Research branches
The Institute has four branches all over the world, every one of them has a high-containment laboratory and a network of departments, which gather samples and transport strains.
📑Documents acquired during the special military operation prove the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research connection to the US Defense Threat Reduction Agency and its key contractor – the Metabiota company.
▪️ On Kharkov-based Institute of Experimental and Clinical Veterinary Medicine involvement in American UP-8 and P-444 programs
This involved studying the migration routes of migratory birds and selecting and transmitting strains of avian influenza virus with high epidemic potential and capable of crossing the interspecies barrier abroad.
The consequences of such programmes for epizootic in the territory of the Russian Federation are yet to be evaluated.
In the result of infected birds migration from Ukraine to Russia, avian influenza morbidity rate has increased significantly.
▪️ On incidents at American high-containment laboratories
🦠The unacceptably high risk of accidents in U.S. biolaboratories is one of the reasons for their withdrawal from national jurisdiction and transfer to the territory of third countries, including Ukraine.
This explains the deterioration of the epidemic situation in their locations, the emergence of diseases that are not typical of these regions and their vectors.
***
👉 The United States, with the support of its allies, are conducting large-scale military-biological research aimed at finding effective methods of using infectious disease agents.
We see this as another argument in favour of an international investigation of U.S. military and biological activities.
Read in full: https://vk.cc/coUa4s
▪️ On US Walter Reed Army Institute of Research branches
The Institute has four branches all over the world, every one of them has a high-containment laboratory and a network of departments, which gather samples and transport strains.
📑Documents acquired during the special military operation prove the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research connection to the US Defense Threat Reduction Agency and its key contractor – the Metabiota company.
▪️ On Kharkov-based Institute of Experimental and Clinical Veterinary Medicine involvement in American UP-8 and P-444 programs
This involved studying the migration routes of migratory birds and selecting and transmitting strains of avian influenza virus with high epidemic potential and capable of crossing the interspecies barrier abroad.
The consequences of such programmes for epizootic in the territory of the Russian Federation are yet to be evaluated.
In the result of infected birds migration from Ukraine to Russia, avian influenza morbidity rate has increased significantly.
▪️ On incidents at American high-containment laboratories
🦠The unacceptably high risk of accidents in U.S. biolaboratories is one of the reasons for their withdrawal from national jurisdiction and transfer to the territory of third countries, including Ukraine.
This explains the deterioration of the epidemic situation in their locations, the emergence of diseases that are not typical of these regions and their vectors.
***
👉 The United States, with the support of its allies, are conducting large-scale military-biological research aimed at finding effective methods of using infectious disease agents.
We see this as another argument in favour of an international investigation of U.S. military and biological activities.
Read in full: https://vk.cc/coUa4s
Ambassador’s Comment
I read another opus by Mr. Eyal "How the Ukraine war is changing Russia’s outlook", published in the Opinion section of the Straits Times on June 20, 2023.
The impressions are painful. It is as if everything is turned upside down in the author's head.
Let's take a look.
Among the characteristic signs of the evolving Russian outlook under the conditions of the hybrid war unleashed by the West against Russia since the crisis in Ukraine, Mr. Eyal refers, firstly, to the landslide deterioration of its economic situation; secondly, cultivating an anti-Western campaign there and returning to the use of the national liberation movements in the countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America for opportunistic interests, and finally, the saber-rattling of nuclear weapons as the only criterion for Russia's great power status.
Let's try to give a short answer.
In Ukraine, a special military operation continues, the goals of which are salvation and construction, not destruction.
The Russian economy, contrary to Eyal's assertions, is far from collapse. It is enough to read at least excerpts from Russian President Mr. V.V.Putin’s speech at SPIEF 2023: successful coping with Western sanctions, positive economic growth (2%), lower inflation, increased industrial activity, rise in other sectors, especially in agriculture, transition to innovative ways of development.
As for the Global South, the states of Asia, Africa, Latin America, Russia really enjoys authority and respect among them. But this state of affairs stems not from selfish interests, but from the common commitment of our countries to the emerging multipolar world, free from the colonial legacy. The foundations of such a world and the contours of this great future-oriented project are already being laid on such platforms as BRICS, ASEAN, SCO, CIS, African Union, CELAC and many others.
And finally, the last. What kind of nuclear saber-rattling can we talk about if it was the United States and its NATO allies who led the way to breaking the foundations of global strategic stability, modernized and built up nuclear weapons, moved the military-bloc infrastructure closer to the Russian borders, consistently engaged in bringing the confrontational NATO infrastructure to Asia and the Pacific. This is despite the fact that on the part of Russia there was no lack of goodwill and desire to ensure equal and indivisible security, both in the form of proposals for a European security treaty, and initiatives to convene a summit of permanent members of the UN Security Council to revitalize the principles of the UN Charter and to recall that nuclear war should not be fought. The relevant P-5 Statement on Preventing Nuclear War and Avoiding Arms Races could be regarded as a prelude.
In our opinion, everything should be clear to any unprejudiced person. But apparently this is not so for Mr. Eyal. So he is trying to put on the same level the aggressive West and the world majority opposing it, headed by Russia, China, India and other countries. So he is trying to push the changed realities into the bosom of the hackneyed ideas of the Cold War and turn everything upside down.
But it doesn't work out very well. The author's arguments do not stand up to scrutiny.
I read another opus by Mr. Eyal "How the Ukraine war is changing Russia’s outlook", published in the Opinion section of the Straits Times on June 20, 2023.
The impressions are painful. It is as if everything is turned upside down in the author's head.
Let's take a look.
Among the characteristic signs of the evolving Russian outlook under the conditions of the hybrid war unleashed by the West against Russia since the crisis in Ukraine, Mr. Eyal refers, firstly, to the landslide deterioration of its economic situation; secondly, cultivating an anti-Western campaign there and returning to the use of the national liberation movements in the countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America for opportunistic interests, and finally, the saber-rattling of nuclear weapons as the only criterion for Russia's great power status.
Let's try to give a short answer.
In Ukraine, a special military operation continues, the goals of which are salvation and construction, not destruction.
The Russian economy, contrary to Eyal's assertions, is far from collapse. It is enough to read at least excerpts from Russian President Mr. V.V.Putin’s speech at SPIEF 2023: successful coping with Western sanctions, positive economic growth (2%), lower inflation, increased industrial activity, rise in other sectors, especially in agriculture, transition to innovative ways of development.
As for the Global South, the states of Asia, Africa, Latin America, Russia really enjoys authority and respect among them. But this state of affairs stems not from selfish interests, but from the common commitment of our countries to the emerging multipolar world, free from the colonial legacy. The foundations of such a world and the contours of this great future-oriented project are already being laid on such platforms as BRICS, ASEAN, SCO, CIS, African Union, CELAC and many others.
And finally, the last. What kind of nuclear saber-rattling can we talk about if it was the United States and its NATO allies who led the way to breaking the foundations of global strategic stability, modernized and built up nuclear weapons, moved the military-bloc infrastructure closer to the Russian borders, consistently engaged in bringing the confrontational NATO infrastructure to Asia and the Pacific. This is despite the fact that on the part of Russia there was no lack of goodwill and desire to ensure equal and indivisible security, both in the form of proposals for a European security treaty, and initiatives to convene a summit of permanent members of the UN Security Council to revitalize the principles of the UN Charter and to recall that nuclear war should not be fought. The relevant P-5 Statement on Preventing Nuclear War and Avoiding Arms Races could be regarded as a prelude.
In our opinion, everything should be clear to any unprejudiced person. But apparently this is not so for Mr. Eyal. So he is trying to put on the same level the aggressive West and the world majority opposing it, headed by Russia, China, India and other countries. So he is trying to push the changed realities into the bosom of the hackneyed ideas of the Cold War and turn everything upside down.
But it doesn't work out very well. The author's arguments do not stand up to scrutiny.
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🤝 More than 900 agreements were signed at St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (#SPIEF2023) for total worth of 3.86 trillion rubles
This refers only to those agreements that are not protected by non-disclosure agreements.
💼150 delegates from 25 “unfriendly” countries took part in the #SPIEF, many of them participating incognito, as everybody is interested in the development of Eurasian cooperation.
Anton Kobyakov, Advisor to the Russian President, said this at a press conference on the SPIEF results.
❗️In total, 17,000 persons from 130 countries took part in the forum, with the most numerous delegations coming from:
🇦🇪 the UAE;
🇨🇳 China;
🇮🇳 India;
🇲🇲 Myanmar;
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan;
🇨🇺 Cuba;
🇺🇸 the USA.
👉🏻 The forum was attended by 150 high-ranking officials from foreign countries, with the President of the UAE leading the guest country delegation at SPIEF. The President of Algeria and the Prime Minister of Cuba were also in attendance, and six African leaders arrived for talks with President of Russia Vladimir Putin.
🔗 https://t.me/RoscongressDirect/4406
This refers only to those agreements that are not protected by non-disclosure agreements.
💼150 delegates from 25 “unfriendly” countries took part in the #SPIEF, many of them participating incognito, as everybody is interested in the development of Eurasian cooperation.
Anton Kobyakov, Advisor to the Russian President, said this at a press conference on the SPIEF results.
❗️In total, 17,000 persons from 130 countries took part in the forum, with the most numerous delegations coming from:
🇦🇪 the UAE;
🇨🇳 China;
🇮🇳 India;
🇲🇲 Myanmar;
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan;
🇨🇺 Cuba;
🇺🇸 the USA.
👉🏻 The forum was attended by 150 high-ranking officials from foreign countries, with the President of the UAE leading the guest country delegation at SPIEF. The President of Algeria and the Prime Minister of Cuba were also in attendance, and six African leaders arrived for talks with President of Russia Vladimir Putin.
🔗 https://t.me/RoscongressDirect/4406
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⚡️ More than 900 agreements were signed at SPIEF for total worth of 3.86 trillion rubles
This refers only to those agreements that are not protected by non-disclosure agreements.
150 companies from 25 “unfriendly” countries took part in the SPIEF, many…
This refers only to those agreements that are not protected by non-disclosure agreements.
150 companies from 25 “unfriendly” countries took part in the SPIEF, many…
🎥 Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov’s interview with RT TV Channel on the sidelines of the 26th St Petersburg International Economic Forum
📍 St Petersburg, June 16, 2023
🔗 Read in full: https://is.gd/eUGYd5
Key talking points:
🔹 We can no longer rely on the promises and the agreements signed with the West which were presented as a foundation for developing constructive partnership. <...> The West has “lost” Russia at this point of history.
🔹 The dominant trend today is the awareness of the need to regionalise the development processes. This includes the #SCO and, in a wider sense, the Greater Eurasian Partnership, which President Vladimir Putin mentioned at the #RussiaASEAN Summit a few years ago.
🔹 The Anglo-Saxons and their ilk are bringing pressure to bear across the board, including on our closest #CSTO allies. The Gulf Arab countries are not an exception. I would say that the Western methods are boorish. I cannot think of another word.
🔹 Our relations with the Africans and our other partners are not based on money. What we are trying to do is identify projects that meet the interests of both sides.
🔹 #BRICS will expand, with the countries representing major Arab, or Islamic civilisation in a broader sense, joining it. This will strengthen the multipolar principles that we are discussing now and that are objectively taking shape.
📍 St Petersburg, June 16, 2023
🔗 Read in full: https://is.gd/eUGYd5
Key talking points:
🔹 We can no longer rely on the promises and the agreements signed with the West which were presented as a foundation for developing constructive partnership. <...> The West has “lost” Russia at this point of history.
🔹 The dominant trend today is the awareness of the need to regionalise the development processes. This includes the #SCO and, in a wider sense, the Greater Eurasian Partnership, which President Vladimir Putin mentioned at the #RussiaASEAN Summit a few years ago.
🔹 The Anglo-Saxons and their ilk are bringing pressure to bear across the board, including on our closest #CSTO allies. The Gulf Arab countries are not an exception. I would say that the Western methods are boorish. I cannot think of another word.
🔹 Our relations with the Africans and our other partners are not based on money. What we are trying to do is identify projects that meet the interests of both sides.
🔹 #BRICS will expand, with the countries representing major Arab, or Islamic civilisation in a broader sense, joining it. This will strengthen the multipolar principles that we are discussing now and that are objectively taking shape.
🇷🇺🇨🇳 On June 20, the first Russian-Chinese consultations on biological security in an inter-agency format took place in Moscow .
An exchange of biological security threat assessments was carried out.
☝️ Particular attention was paid to the military and biological activities of the United States and strengthening the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC). The issues of bilateral cooperation in the field of biosecurity were discussed.
🤝 The meeting confirmed the unity of approaches of Russia and China to the biological security. The need for further close coordination and constructive interaction both in bilateral format and at relevant multilateral fora, primarily within the framework of the BTWC, the UN and the SCO was noted.
🔗 https://is.gd/FRQXhT
An exchange of biological security threat assessments was carried out.
☝️ Particular attention was paid to the military and biological activities of the United States and strengthening the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC). The issues of bilateral cooperation in the field of biosecurity were discussed.
🤝 The meeting confirmed the unity of approaches of Russia and China to the biological security. The need for further close coordination and constructive interaction both in bilateral format and at relevant multilateral fora, primarily within the framework of the BTWC, the UN and the SCO was noted.
🔗 https://is.gd/FRQXhT